The Edward Quinn Archive

Best of Picasso: funny

Edward Quinn lived and worked in the ‘50s and ‘60s as a photographer on the Côte d’Azur, the French Riviera. In 1951 he met and photographed Pablo Picasso for the first time. They became friends and Quinn photographed Picasso for the rest of the artist's life.

Here you will find a selection of top photos of funny Picasso photos. For other funny photos of Picasso please select the keyword FunnyPicture in our extended search. 

  • Pablo Picasso wearing a trapper's fur cap, at the door to Le Fournas, Vallauris 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso in front of the Madoura pottery. Vallauris 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso changing cloths. Restaurant Nounou. Golfe-Juan 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso and Maya Picasso at the beach of Golfe-Juan 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Make-up by Henri-Georges Clouzot for filming of "Le mystère Picasso". Nice, Studios de la Victorine, 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso on camera. "Le Mystère Pablo Picasso", Nice, Studios de la Victorine 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso feeding Jean Cocteau at the lunch given for his friends at restaurant Le Vallauris before the bullfight. Vallauris 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • At the lunch given for his friends by Pablo Picasso at restaurant Le Vallauris before the bullfight, Pablo Picasso and Cocteau dress up as toreadors for their friends. Behind them the sons of the writer José Herrera-Petere. Vallauris 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • At a local Corrida. During a break, Pablo Picasso and friends refresh themselves with ice cream cornets. Jacqueline, in the background Maya Picasso, Claude Picasso, Paloma Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Francine Weisweiller. Vallauris, 11.8.1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Two gentlemen in their Sunday bests. Pablo Picasso and film director Henri-Georges Clouzot at the Palais du Festival in Cannes where Clouzot’s film "Le mystère Picasso" was shown. Cannes Film Festival 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso in a whimsical costume. Among other things, he has on a bullfighter’s jacket, given to him by his friend, the famous matador Dominguin. On the floor a mosaic Hjalmar Boyesen executed after a Pablo Picasso design. In front of the garden gate at La Californie. Cannes 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • To strike a pose, Pablo Picasso tries on hats from his collection for his own amusement and that of his guests. La Californie, Cannes 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • To strike a pose, Pablo Picasso tries on hats from his collection for his own amusement and that of his guests. La Californie, Cannes 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • To strike a pose, Pablo Picasso tries on hats from his collection for his own amusement and that of his guests. Here he wears an oriental Fez. La Californie, Cannes 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Michele Sapone, Italian tailor, fits a new garment he has made as a birthday present for Pablo Picasso. In return Pablo Picasso gave him drawings. La Californie, Cannes 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso with his goat Esmeralda at Christmas 1956. She was a Christmas present from Jacqueline. La Californie, Cannes 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Imitating the gestures and voice of a tragedian with noises sounding like English, Pablo Picasso imagines himself as Hamlet. La Californie, Cannes 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Clown scene: Pablo Picasso in drag. Jacqueline in the background. La Californie, Cannes 1958. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Clown scene: Pablo Picasso in drag. La Californie, Cannes 1958. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Clown scene: Pablo Picasso in drag, wearing a carnival mask. In the background two masks (1956) by Pablo Picasso. La Californie, Cannes 1958. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso saying good-bye to Francine Weisweiller, in his Lincoln Premier Convertible 1957 driven by chauffeur Marcel. Jacqueline, Catherine Hutin, Renato Guttuso, during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée". Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso and David Douglas Duncan. on the table a pile of english newspapers reporting on Pablo Picasso's London exhibition. La Californie, Cannes 1960. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso and Catherine Hutin looking at an artist who is posing for the promotion of a circus. Quai Gabriel Péri, Port de Saint-Tropez 1961. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Pablo Picasso and painter André Verdet watching Catherine Hutin and Claude Picasso dancing the Twist in a restaurant at Mougins 1962. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Metamorphosis was key not only in Pablo Picasso's work but also in his private life. He had a fantastic range of hats, caps, and other headgear from all over the world and liked to use them whenever he met a visitor for the first time. Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 30.12.1969. - Photo by Edward Quinn